22 June 2006

The HP Photosmart C4183 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier offers a simple, versatile solution for all home printing, copying and scanning needs - with or without a computer.  Combining the performance expected from an HP all-in-one with the new HP Photosmart Express software enables effortless, one-touch access to share, save and print photos at home.  The HP Photosmart C4183 All-in-One also includes memory card support and a text image display for creating and sharing personal projects and memories.

Key Features and Benefits

Four-ink (six-ink optional) printing with HP Vivera Inks produces rich and realistic photos that resist fading for generations(1)

HP Photosmart Express button makes completing your digital photography experience fast and easy - view, print, share and save

HP Photosmart Premier software allows users to edit, organise, print, share, archive and create photo projects

HP Real Life technologies allow users to edit photos directly on the all-in-one to remove red-eye and enhance photos with adaptive lighting for professional quality photos at home

Produce colour and black & white copies and photo reprints without a computer

Effortlessly print landscapes or other panoramic images with HP panorama photo printing in any size up to 210mm x 594mm(2) with or without borders

Walk-up and print using the 6.1cm colour image display -- adjusts for optimal viewing from any angle and allows user to select, rotate, crop, zoom and remove red-eye directly from the display without using a computer

Storable 10x15cm tray for dedicated photo printing

Use the HP Document Viewer to easily view, manage and annotate photos and documents

HP auto paper type sensor optimises print and copy quality for various papers

Intuitive control panel and convenient one-touch buttons that are easy to use

Additional Features

Convenient memory card slots - CompactFlash, MultiMedia Card, Secure Digital, Media Stick, Memory Stick Duo and XD-Picture Card

Technical Specifications

Print Specifications

Four-ink/six-ink optional IPH printing

Print speeds of up to 30 pages-per-minute (ppm) in black and up to 24 ppm in colour when printing from a computer

Photo-quality resolution up to 4,800-optimised dots per inch (dpi)(3) or optional six-ink colour(4)

Scan Specifications

2400x4800dpi optical resolution scanning

Up to 4800dpi enhanced(3) resolution

48-bit, 256 greyscale levels

Preview scan: less than 14 seconds(5)

Copy Specifications

Up to 30 copies-per-minute (cpm) in black and up to 24 cpm in colour when printing from a computer

Up to 4800x1200dpi(3) black copying when printing from a computer and 1200-input

Up to 4,800 optimised dpi(3) colour copying

Copy options button allow for reducing or enlarging, changing copy quality and size

Dimensions/Weight

43.4 (w) x 56.6 (d) x 16.2(h) cm

5,78 kg  product only, 6,93kg with packaging  

Support/Connectivity

USB Hi-speed 2.0

Print directly from PictBridge-enabled cameras using front USB port

Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000 SP3 or higher, or XP; Mac OS X v10.3.9, v10.4

HP offers a comprehensive support package for the HP Photosmart C4183 All-in-One that includes one-year limited hardware warranty backed by HP Customer Care, service and support; one-year technical phone support

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About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2006, HP revenue totalled $88.9 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com

About HP Middle East
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 670 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Khobar, Cairo,  Ramallah and Oman servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant. HP has been present in the Middle East since 1968 and opened its first regional office in 1994. HP Middle East is the market leader for enterprise, small and medium business and consumer technology products and offers a large portfolio of solutions and services in various business domains

More information about HP in the Middle East is available at www.hp.com/me

Editorial contacts:
Jai Tolani
Impact Porter Novelli for HP
+971 4 3304030
j.tolani@ipn.ae

Sherifa Hady
Hewlett?Packard Middle East
PO Box 17295
Dubai Internet City
Dubai
www.hp.com/me

(1) Based on WillhelmResearch.com light-fade testing under glass (January 2005) using the HP 93 Tri-colour and the optional HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridges on HP Premium Plus Photo Papers.  For more information on additional permanence testing factors, visit http://hp.com/go/premiumplusphoto. 

(2)  Borderless printing up to 210x594mm using brochure and photo papers.

 (3) Up to 4800x1200-optimised dpi colour when printing from a computer and 1200-input dpi.

(4) Six-ink printing available with purchase of HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge with Vivera Inks; not included, sold separately.

(5) Scan speeds vary according to the complexity of the document.

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